Table 5.
Employment status of participants pre- and post-burn-injury.
| Employment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | Total | ||
| Pre-burn * | Self-employed | 2 (5.7%) | 10 (10.8%) | 12 (9.4%) |
| Employee/civil servant | 12 (34.3%) | 35 (37.6%) | 47 (36.7%) | |
| Worker | 4 (11.4%) | 32 (34.4%) | 36 (28.1%) | |
| Retiree | 9 (25.7%) | 11 (11.8%) | 20 (15.6%) | |
| Unemployed | 8 (22.9%) | 5 (5.4%) | 13 (10.2%) | |
| Post-burn ** | Self-employed | 2 (5.7%) | 11 (11.8%) | 13 (10.2%) |
| Employee/civil servant | 14 (40%) | 34 (36.6%) | 48 (37.5%) | |
| Worker | 2 (5.7%) | 25 (26.9%) | 27 (21.1%) | |
| Retiree | 13 (37.1%) | 19 (20.4%) | 32 (25.0%) | |
| Unemployed | 4 (11.4%) | 4 (4.3%) | 8 (6.3%) | |
| Change in employment | Same job and hours *** | 20 (57.1%) | 67 (72.0%) | 87 (68.0%) |
| Change in job *** | 1 (2.9%) | 7 (7.5%) | 8 (6.3%) | |
| Change in hours *** | 0 | 2 (2.2%) | 2 (1.6%) | |
| Change in job and hours *** | 1 (2.9%) | 4 (4.3%) | 5 (3.9%) | |
| Got a job | 6 (17.1%) | 2 (2.2%) | 8 (6.3%) | |
| Retired | 4 (11.4%) | 8 (8.6%) | 12 (9.4%) | |
| Lost job | 2 (5.7%) | 1 (1.1%) | 3 (2.3%) | |
| Still unemployed | 1 (2.9%) | 2 (2.2.%) | 3 (2.3%) | |
* Pearson’s chi-square p = 0.003, ** Pearson’s chi-square p = 0.023, *** Spearman correlation p = 0.898.